Proche

by Dror Burstein

Yoël et Léah ne peuvent pas avoir d'enfant. Ils adoptent Emile. Le petit garçon a sept ans quand Léah meurt dans un terrible accident d'ascenseur. Quarante ans plus tard, Yoël, sentant sa propre fin venir, part à la recherche des parents biologiques de son fils, pour ne pas le laisser seul. Un roman-puzzle bouleversant, par l'un des jeunes auteurs israéliens les plus prometteurs de sa génération.

192 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2010

About the author

Dror Burstein (דרור בורשטיין) was born in 1970 in Netanya, Israel, and lives in Tel Aviv. He first became a fully qualified lawyer, then he left the legal field and started studying literature. He received a PhD in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2001 and now teaches there as well as at Tel Aviv University. He also edits programs for Israel Radio`s music station and writes literary and art reviews. Burstein has been awarded the Jerusalem Prize for Literature (1997), the Ministry of Science and Culture Prize for Poetry (2002), the Bernstein Prize for his novel, Avner Brenner (2005) and the Prime Minister`s Prize (2006).